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title: what did the crow do, bro, with the stones? — Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the crow do, bro, with the stones? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 397 «Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house is robbed while he reads other people's fortunes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house…

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what did the crow do, bro, with the stones?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crow · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** crow

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 397 «Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house is robbed while he reads other people's fortunes» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/397-pg21-part18/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t9:1
# text = what did the crow do, bro, with the stones?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the crow and bro |  |  |  | with the stones | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | the crow and bro *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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tossed them in the bowl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t9:o1:1
# text = tossed them in the bowl
1	tossed	toss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | past |  | them *= they* |  | the bowl |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme in bowl=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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dropped them one by one into the pitcher until the water rose high enough to drink

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t9:o2:1
# text = dropped them one by one into the pitcher until the water rose high enough to drink
1	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
13	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past |  | them *= they* |  | the pitcher |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent they=Theme one=Destination |
| 2 | **rise** | past | the water |  |  |  |  | enough, high *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **drink** | to-infinitive | the water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he threw them out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t9:o3:1
# text = he threw them out
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw out** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dropped them in the pitcher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t9:o4:1
# text = dropped them in the pitcher
1	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past |  | them *= they* |  | the pitcher |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in pitcher=Destination |

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